Long considered one of the most knowledgeable figures on the topic of health care, Howard Dean ’71 has recently been the subject of a number of profiles, as debate on a “public option” continues. Dean will be teaching a residential college seminar this semester,...
When the Yale University Press was faced with the decision of whether to reprint the caricatures of the prophet Muhammad that are at the center of its forthcoming book, “The Cartoons that Shook the World,” it turned to the University proper for advice. University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer then consulted with numerous counterterrorism and diplomatic...
Bored during your internship? Here's something to add to your reading list: A profile of former Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh and his brother, Howard Koh '73 MED '77, that appeared in The Boston Globe today. The brothers are now, respectively, legal...
Of all the missteps we have seen in aldermanic campaigns in recent years, this is a new one: Getting your wife's name wrong when declaring your candidacy. That's what happened to a longtime West Rock resident, Carlton Staggers, when he announced Thursday that he would seek the Democratic nomination to succeed Ward 30 Alderwoman Michelle Edmonds-Sepulveda, who is...
Two New Haven firefighters told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that they believe Sonia Sotomayor LAW ’79 and other judges on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals infringed upon their rights when they summarily rejected their appeal in a reverse discrimination lawsuit.
Ricci did not address Sotomayor in his
Updated 3:36 p.m. Two New Haven firefighters and a Yale Law School professor will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor LAW ’79 to the Supreme Court, the committee announced today. The professor, Kate Stith, who served as the Law School's acting dean this year, will be called by the...
Reporters and editors for the News will be posting periodic dispatches today monitoring the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Ricci v. DeStefano reverse discrimination case. The Court is expected to release its ruling at 10 a.m.
At long last, former Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh was confirmed this afternoon for the position of legal adviser to the Department of State. Immediately following the vote, Koh sent a message to the Law School community thanking students, faculty members and staff for their support during the confirmation process. "My job may be changing, but our friendships...
Update: The vote has been moved up to 4:10 p.m., according to Reid's office. The long-awaited confirmation vote on Harold Hongju Koh's nomination to be legal adviser to the Department of State should take place around 5:30 p.m. today, according to a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Updated 10:45 p.m. A vote on Harold Hongju Koh's nomination to be legal adviser to the Department of State is finally in sight.
Senate Democrats successfully ended debate on Koh's nomination this morning, as their cloture motion
Now that his successor has been named, what happens if Harold Hongju Koh fails to win confirmation as legal adviser to the Department of State? Put it this way: Yale officials really, really don’t think that’s going to happen. It better not, at least, or Koh may come back to find himself working in a much smaller office in the Sterling Law Building.
Updated 7:03 p.m. Harold Hongju Koh's future should get a lot clearer in about 36 hours. Senate Democrats said this evening that they would give Republicans that much time to come to an agreement to consider Koh's nomination for the position of legal adviser to the Department of State. If no agreement is reached, a cloture vote will be held Wednesday...
